The Blindboy Podcast

I speak about processing the bereavement of losing a friend and I read my short story Ríthe Chorcaí  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

To celebrate this podcast having 25 million listens. I have a chat with Irish artist Hozier. We speak about music, songwriting, folkore and divining water. Good craic  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

I speak about the centenary of the Kilmichael ambush and answer yere questions about various craic  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Mental Health episode. Depression and anger. How to identify and healthily process anger so that it doesn't become all consuming rage.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

I speak about how I use Gestalt Psychology to maintain my mental health and I address exploding English kings  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

How Christs foreskin became a relic with multiple forgeries throughout the middle ages How I made the Trump Pee Tape and fooled the American media. Famous Art Hoaxes  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Instead of talking about the US elections I offer a complete escape. How the inhabitants of Easter Island elected a leader based on their ability to swim with an egg strapped to their head. And how a ship full of synthesizerrs washed up on the shore of an African Island in the 1960s and changed the sound of their folk music  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

I chat with writer Manchán Magan about the origins of Irish words, and the psychadelic origins of Irish Folklore. Manchán has just released his book, 32 Words for Field (Lost Words of the Irish Language)  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

How lads doing shots of Goldschlager in Celtic Tiger nightclubs got me thinking about 15th century dancing pandemics that killed thousands  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A hot take which roots the psychological origins of conspiracy theories in the discovery of soap by early human hunter-gatherer societies  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

I chat with Author and TV presenter Graham Norton about living in a San Francisco commune in the 80s, Meeting loads of Famous people and writing his latest novel Home Stretch  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The origins of the word Quare leads me to discuss art created by Elephants  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

I chat with WWE Wrestler Sami Zayn about Kayfabe, Compassion, Islam and Politics  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A parasite that causes snails to masturbate uncontrollably and how Ireland legalised drugs for 24 hours and I took ecstasy on live radio  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The bizaare story behind a disco "Novelty Song" and why it is an important piece of art by a sex worker.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.